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SASH HOLDER. I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. I917.

1,304,880. Patented May 27, 1919.

If? a ATTORNIEY UNITED STATES 1 m OFFICE.

GUSTAV JOHAN rmiozooa rwnnsnn, or roim: ROBERTS, WASHINGTON.

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To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, GUSTAV J. T. IwERsEN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Point Roberts, in the county of Whatcom and State of Washington, have i invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sash holders andthe prin cipal object of the invention is,.to provide a device of this character which will hold the sash in any desired position without requiring the use of weights or the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide frictional means on the sash to movably hold the sash in any desired position.

A further object of the invention is to make the spring frame of the device of a single piece of material and to mount corrugated rollers in said frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, which is simple and durable in construction, reliable and efficient in operation and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which: A

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the device applied to a sash.

Fig. 2 is a like view showing the sash in position in the frame.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing one end of the device.

Fig. 1 i a view and a blank from which the device is forced. v

In these figures 1 indicates the sash having a groove 2 formed in its side edge to receive the holder 3. This holder is made from a single piece of material which when stamped out assumes the form shown in Fig. 4:. As shown in this figure the blank has a central enlargement 4: provided with the prongs 5, one on each side of the enlargement. At each end, the blank is pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented May 27, 1919.

Application filed June 7, 1917. Serial No.'173,330.

vided witha pair of circular enlargements 6 extending laterally and these enlargements are separated from each other by the slot 7, and asmall longitudinally extending tab 8 projects into the slot from the end of the blank and extends to the outer ends of said slots. In forming the device the enlargements 6- are bent at right angles along the edge of the blank to form flanges for receiv ing the rollers 9, the flanges being provided with openings to receive the pintles of the rollers. These rollers are provided with corrugations 10, disposed centrally of'the periphery of the roller and the end of each tab 8 is provided with a depression 11 to engage with the corrugations as shown in Fig. 2.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2'the slot 2 in the sash has a raised part 12 on its-bottom and the slot gradually increases in depth on each side of this raised portion and the central enlargement 4 of the blank is secured to this raised part 12 by means of the screw 13 and the prongs 5, said prongs being bent downwardly and driven into the wood of the sash.

Thus the device is firmly secured to the i sash and the prongs hold it from'turning movement. Due to the sloping bottom the free ends of the device are held well above the bottom and as said blank is made of spring metal, said ends are thrown away from the said bottom so that the rollers 9 project from the edge of the sash. When the sash is placed in the window frame however, the ends of the device are forced inwardly by the pressure of the rollers on the sides of the window frame so that said rollers bear with considerable pressure against the said frame. It will be understood that the sash is provided with a holder on each side thereof and due to the frictional engagement of the corrugated roller with the sides of the frame the sash will be held in any position to which it is raised, the

free movement of the rollers being prevented tion will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood and I may make sllght changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A combination With a Window sash having a recess therein, a spring frame secured by its intermediate portion within said recess so that the ends of the frame are spaced from the bottom of said recess, a roller rotatably mounted on each end of the frame, each roller having corrugations provided upon its periphery for engagement With the sides of the Window frame, and a spring tab carried by each end of the spring frame to engage with said corrugations on the rollers for the purpose set forth.

2. In a combination with a Window sash having a recess therein, a single piece of resilient material secured by its intermediate portion Within said recess so that the ends of the material are spaced from the tegral bottom'of the recess, each'en'd of said material being provided With a pair of inears extending in spaced relation to each other and at right angles to the material, a roller journaled between each pair of ears, each roller having corrugations formed upon its periphery to engage with; the sides of the Window frame and a spring tab extending between each pair of ears in the same plane with the ma terial and the freeend of each tab provided with a depression so that the free end of the tabs engage With said corrugations for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of'two Witnesses.

GUSTAV JOHAN THEODOR I'W'ERSEN. Vitnesses:

BYRON ANDERSON, J. V. MARIEN.

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